Head of AI Governance and Model Risk Management - Mission Lane

Mission Lane is revolutionizing access to credit to pave a clear way forward for millions of Americans on the path to financial success. By attracting top-tier talent and leveraging cutting-edge technology, we’re redefining consumer credit for the better. Sound like a mission you can get behind?

Dedicated to helping everyone have access to fair and clear credit.

This role is an opportunity to lead Mission Lane’s Model Risk Management, our emerging strategy for AI governance, and day-to-day operations managing models within our Risk Management team.

You’ll thrive in this role if you:

• Bring an engineering mindset to problem-solving. You like to think about business problems in terms of scalability, tolerances, constraints, and efficiency. You enjoy iteratively refining business processes until they’re well-engineered.

• Enjoy coding - you can review code for a data scientist’s PyData dev work or script your tasks to automate them

• Have experience working in a regulated environment, preferably with SR 11-7, the OCC’s guidance for Model Risk Management

• Have created and applied statistical, econometric, or machine learning models

• Are skilled at performing model validations, model reviews, and assessing model risk

• Have great collaboration and organizational skills to grow partnerships with our sponsor banks, legal team, modelers, and business owners

• Have a vision for a responsible future for AI, machine learning, and data science within fintech

• Are excited to have an impact and get stuff done

We are offering:

• A humble, hungry, and smart team committed to solving practical problems together

• The chance to work at a company where machine learning is at the heart of the business and integral to both our day-to-day operation and our executive team’s strategic vision

• Flexible work hours and flexible work location

• A team that values learning and approaches work with a “growth mindset”

• A competitive salary, equity, generous parental leave policy, and a full benefits package (health, dental, vision, 401k)

You might be particularly excited about the role if you:

• Have a vision for the future of how fintechs, sponsor banks, and regulators can collaborate on MRM

• Are excited to apply risk management principles to create greater value, speed, and fairness

• Follow emerging trends in AI regulation and machine learning research

• Love the efficiency of well-engineered software processes

• Want to balance the benefits and risks of AI and machine learning